You know your baby best and if he does not seem his usual self, do consult a doctor. When small babies fall sick, their condition can deteriorate very quickly. Do contact a doctor as soon as possible if your baby shows the following signs:
- Lacks his usual responsiveness
- Persistent high temperature
- Refuses two successive feeds
- Vomits consecutive feeds and throws it up across the room and the vomit is green or contains blood
- Persistent diarrhoea (especially if blood-stained)
- Dry nappies and general lethargy attributed to dehydration
- Seems particularly irritable or restless
- Any kind of rash
- Red or purple coloured spots or rash which don't disappear on pressing a glass tumbler against them
- Breathing with difficulty
- Bulging fontanelle
- Strange sounding cough or persistent coughing
- Seems to cry in an unusual manner, as if in pain
- Is unconscious after any kind of fall or accident
